Why was molasses important to the thirteen American colonies?

Molasses were an incredibly important American commodity in trade, and molasses were also an essential part of the Triangular Slave Trade.

Explanation:

Molasses had a very high demand in the global trading network because it could be used to produce rum (alcoholic drink) that was highly desired.

Molasses/rum exports brought tons of profits to the colonies.

Molasses were also part of the Triangular Slave Trade, where they would be exchanged with African Slaves and European manufactured goods.

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explanation:

a plantation economy is an economy based on agricultural mass production, usually of a few commodity crops grown on large farms called plantations. plantation economies rely on the export of cash crops as a source of income.

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